Jekyll & Hyde (musical)

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Jekyll & Hyde
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Musical dates
Title: Jekyll & Hyde
Original title: Jekyll & Hyde
Original language: English
Music: Frank Wildhorn
Book: Leslie Bricusse
Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse
Literary source: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Premiere: May 24, 1990
Place of premiere: Houston, Alley Theater
Playing time: approx. 3 hours; including a 20-minute break
Place and time of the action: 20th century London
Roles / people
  • Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
  • Lucy Harris
  • Lisa Carew
  • John Utterson
  • Sir Danvers Carew
  • Simon Stride
  • Poole
  • u. a.

Jekyll & Hyde is a musical by Frank Wildhorn (music) and Leslie Bricusse ( book and lyrics). It is based on the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Original title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ) by Robert Louis Stevenson .

The premiere took place on May 24, 1990 at the Alley Theater Houston , Texas, the Broadway premiere on April 28, 1997 at the Plymouth Theater in New York. The German-language premiere (produced by Lutz Jarosch and Frank Alva Buecheler ) was on February 19, 1999 in a production by Dietrich Hilsdorf and under the musical direction of Koen Schoots in the Musical Theater Bremen .

content

The scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll firmly believes that he has invented a means that makes it possible to separate the evil from the good in people. However, the hospital's board of directors forbids the attempt on a patient. Henry Jekyll is mocked by society, only his friend and lawyer John Utterson and his fiancée Lisa Carew stand by him. Finally Jekyll opts for a self-experiment with fatal consequences. He transforms into the dark figure Edward Hyde, who from then on roams the streets of London murderously. Jekyll tries to stop the madness, but Hyde, who plays dangerous games with the prostitute Lucy, defends himself. Lisa is concerned about her fiancé and tries to bring him to his senses. Lucy has now fallen hopelessly in love with Jekyll, she has found in him all the good qualities that she also wanted for herself. Jekyll sends Lucy a letter with money through John, asking her to leave town immediately. He tells John that Hyde would kill her otherwise. When Lucy has made up her mind to start a new life elsewhere and wants to leave with her suitcase, Hyde shows up and assures her that he loves her. Lucy feels sorry for Hyde and comes closer to him, whereupon Hyde throws the noose of rope around her head and hangs her. In the furious final scene - everyone is on the stage, it should actually be the wedding of Lisa and Jekyll - the latter can no longer assert himself against the Mr. Hyde in him and asks John with the last of his strength as Henry Jekyll to redeem him by he shoots him. John asserts that he cannot do this, whereupon Jekyll finally turns into Hyde, laughs at John and wants to attack him. John struggles and Hyde is fatally wounded with two shots. Lisa and the dying Jekyll sing a final duet in which they once again affirm their love for one another.

Songs

The song list is a kind of “standard example”; it can vary depending on the staging.

1st act

  • Prologue (instrumental)
  • "Far and in the dark"
    (Henry Jekyll)
  • "Facade"
    (ensemble)
  • "Jekyll's request"
    (Henry Jekyll, Mr. Simon Stride, committee)
  • "Search for Truth"
    (Henry Jekyll, John Utterson)
  • "Facade (Reprise # 1)"
    (Ensemble)
  • "Lisa's reasons"
    (Simon Stride, Lisa Carew)
  • "Take me as I am"
    (Henry Jekyll, Lisa Carew)
  • "Let it go"
    (Sir Danvers Carew, Lisa Carew)
  • "Facade (Reprise # 2)"
    (Ensemble)
  • "Get the men involved"
    (Lucy Harris and Ensemble)
  • "This is the hour"
    (Henry Jekyll)
  • "The Metamorphosis"
    (Henry Jekyll, Edward Hyde)
  • "So Alive"
    (Edward Hyde)
  • "His life's work"
    (John Utterson, Henry Jekyll, Lisa Carew, Sir Danvers Carew)
  • "Kindness, tenderness"
    (Lucy Harris)
  • "Someone like you"
    (Lucy Harris)
  • "So Alive (Reprise)"
    (Edward Hyde)

2nd act

  • "Murderer, Murderer"
    (Ensemble)
  • "There was once a dream"
    (Lisa Carew)
  • "Frenzy of Despair"
    (Henry Jekyll)
  • "Just his look"
    (Lucy Harris, Lisa Carew)
  • "Dangerous Game"
    (Lucy Harris, Edward Hyde)
  • "Facade (Reprise # 3)"
    (Spider and Ensemble)
  • "Fear"
    (Henry Jekyll)
  • "A New Life"
    (Lucy Harris)
  • "Kindness, tenderness (reprise)"
    (Edward Hyde)
  • "Girls of the Night"
    (Ensemble)
  • "Confrontation"
    (Henry Jekyll, Edward Hyde)
  • "Facade (Reprise # 4)"
    (Ensemble)
  • "The Wedding"
    (Lisa Carew, Henry Jekyll, Simon Stride, John Utterson)
  • "Finale"
    (Lisa Carew)

German language productions

CD and DVD recordings

  • 1994 studio album with 36 songs for staging in Houston, Texas, USA
  • 1997 Cast album Broadway from the Plymouth Theater, New York
  • 1999 Cast album for the German premiere in Bremen
  • 2002 Castalbum Theater an der Wien
  • 2004 DVD of the Broadway production (with David Hasselhoff )
  • 2005 Cast album Staatz
  • 2006 studio album for the concert tour as a three-person piece
  • 2012 studio album for the 2013 US tour

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jekyll & Hyde - Central Saxon Theater. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 21, 2018 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.emittelaechsisches-theater.de
  2. ^ Jekyll & Hyde - Marburg wagon hall. Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
  3. ^ Theater Dortmund :: Jekyll & Hyde. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 30, 2019 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.theaterdo.de  
  4. ↑ jekyll-hyde.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 12, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jekyll-hyde.com